Seven leading artificial intelligence companies have voluntarily committed to "help move toward safe, secure, and transparent development of AI technology," U.S. President Joe Biden's administration announced.
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OpenAI is testing an advanced version of ChatGPT with an image analysis feature, The New York Times reports. The company is working to address privacy concerns over the technology's ability provide information about people's faces, including their names, before releasing the image analysis feature to the public.Full story
Policymakers around the globe are grappling with how to keep children — and their data — safe and secure. In the U.S., legislative efforts are targeting online safety, social media access and "age appropriate" content. Entertainment Software Ratings Board Senior Vice President, Privacy Certified Stacy Feuer, CIPP/US, discusses ESRB Privacy Certified's work with SuperAwesome and Yoti in seeking U.S.
Apple built a large language model framework, known as "Ajax," and is testing a chatbot called "Apple GPT," Reuters reports. Employees said the tool can summarize text and answer questions based on data it was trained with, similar to Google's Bard, ChatGPT and Bing AI.
The U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission announced Amazon agreed to a permanent injunction and USD25 million civil penalty to settle alleged children's privacy violations related to its Alexa voice assistant. A complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington alleges Amazon retained children's voice recordings indefinitely and "engaged in unfair privacy practices" regarding geolocation information and voice recordings.
Organizations are turning to "defense-in-depth" strategies to better secure their data stored on the cloud, TechTarget reports.
OneTrust has entered the artificial intelligence system-management space with the recent launch of its AI governance platform, which allows customers to utilize AI for functions such as data inventory, risk assessment and monitoring of their own proprietary AI systems. IAPP Staff Writer Alex LaCasse spoke with OneTrust Chief Product and Strategy Officer Blake Brannon about the launch.Full story
Payroll processing company UKG agreed to a USD6 million settlement in multiple class-action lawsuits stemming from a 2021 ransomware attack, Cybersecurity Dive reports. The attack "disrupted" the company's Kronos Privacy Cloud service, and affected entities, including Tesla, PepsiCo and the New York Metropolitan Transport Authority. The lawsuits comprised of employees and customers, of whom a group of plaintiffs had personal data stolen in the attack.
U.S. senators offered a slew of amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act, with many addressing artificial intelligence, privacy and social media regulation, The Washington Post reports. Amendments concerning AI include requiring financial institutions to issue reports detailing how they use AI and the creation of a task force to "assess the privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties implications" of using AI.